JP2007503067A - Information recording medium on which interactive graphic stream is recorded, reproducing apparatus and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An information storage medium having an interactive graphic stream recorded thereon, and a reproducing apparatus and method thereof. The information storage medium includes AV data, navigation data that is a set of navigation commands related to the AV data reproduction, and an interactive graphic stream which controls reproduction of the AV data, in which language information can be changed only by the navigation commands and cannot be changed by a user's operations. With the medium, apparatus and method, text information written in a variety of languages and data shared by those languages are multiplexed and stored in one menu stream such that data is not redundantly stored and less storage space is wasted.

Description

  The present invention relates to interactive data, and more particularly to an information recording medium that records an interactive graphic stream used when controlling the reproduction of multimedia content, and a reproducing apparatus and method thereof.

  In order to control the multimedia content provided to the user, a menu for handling the multimedia content is also provided to the user. Through such a menu, the content producer provides the user with various choices for multimedia content, and the user selects one of these choices to simplify the AV stream such as movie playback. In addition to simple playback, features such as segmented playback and bonus video viewing are provided.

  Menus for handling multimedia content include text information. Here, the character information is information containing characters. That is, it refers to information related to multimedia contents created for each language such as Korean, English, and Japanese. Content creators who produce multimedia content and provide it to users create and record menus in various languages to sell recording media storing such content to people using various languages Record on media. In the case of a conventional DVD, the data constituting such a menu is created and stored separately for each language. The reason is to simplify the control of these data in the DVD playback apparatus.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a menu stream for each language stored in a language unit of a DVD.

  Here, the menu stream refers to a menu in which audio, video, sub-picture, highlight information and the like are multiplexed into one stream. Referring to FIG. 1, it can be seen that menu streams are created and stored separately for each language.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a playback device that plays back a menu stream created in the selected language by the DVD playback device selecting a language according to a preset system parameter. Referring to FIG. 2, the DVD playback apparatus selects a menu corresponding to the language set by the user according to a predetermined rule. The preset language information is stored in the system parameter storage unit 210. For example, the menu language selection unit 220 reads the menu language code information stored in the system parameter No. 0 (# 0: SPRM0), and the menu stream having the same value as the menu language code is described above with reference to FIG. Select one of the selected menu streams and load it. The decoder 230 reproduces the read menu stream.

  If menus are created separately for each language in this way, information that is not character information subject to language restrictions, such as video data with a large amount of data, is also included in the menu created for each language, so save it. The waste of space is intense. Another problem is that the language cannot be changed during video playback. In addition, there is a problem that a method for selecting a menu is determined in advance, and the menu cannot be selected based on criteria other than language.

  A technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information recording medium on which an interactive graphic stream is recorded in which language information is changed only by a navigation command and is not changed by a user operation.

  Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is an apparatus that selects and reproduces one of menu streams in which character information created in various languages and data commonly used in each language are multiplexed. And providing a method.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information recording medium according to the present invention controls AV (audio / video) data, navigation data which is a set of navigation commands related to reproduction of the AV data, and reproduction of the AV data. And an interactive graphic stream whose language information is changed only by the navigation command and not changed by a user operation.

  In order to solve the above problems, a multimedia data playback apparatus according to the present invention includes a memory in which attribute information including language information of an interactive graphic stream for controlling playback of the multimedia data is recorded, and the language information A processor for loading and executing a program for selecting an interactive graphic stream created in a language and a decoder for receiving and decoding the selected interactive graphic stream are provided.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a multimedia data playback method according to the present invention includes a step of reading attribute information including language information of an interactive graphic stream for controlling playback of the multimedia data, and the language information is generated in the language. Loading and executing a program for selecting the selected interactive graphic stream, and receiving and decoding the selected interactive graphic stream.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method is recorded.

  The present invention multiplexes character information created in various languages and data commonly used in each language and stores them in one menu stream, so that the data is not stored redundantly, thus saving storage space. Can do.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a menu stream corresponding to a value stored in a register among menu streams created for each language.

  Here, the menu stream is user interaction data used when controlling the reproduction of multimedia data, and is called an interactive graphic stream. The interactive graphics stream is changed only by navigation commands related to the playback of multimedia data, not by user operations. The navigation command has a plurality of navigation registers, of which there is a player status register (PSR) indicating the status of the playback device. The PSR will be described later with reference to Table 1.

  If the value initially stored in the register is 2, a menu stream made in English is played. And when the play of one play item is finished, the next play item must be played, but there may be no play item made in English, but in this case the play item made in Hangul is During the playback, the play item made in English may be played again (310). Otherwise, the Hangul play item may be skipped and only the English play item may be played back (320). In order to reproduce a menu stream in another language during reproduction as described above, a value stored in a predetermined register is read, and the value is compared with an ID value corresponding to the language of the menu stream. .

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the playback device for the menu stream. Referring to FIG. 4, when power is first applied to the playback apparatus 400 or when the user executes a menu selection program, the processor 420 loads and executes the program 440. The program 440 selects one of menus created in various languages using information preset in the system register 410 of the playback apparatus. The decoder 430 receives and decodes the menu data created in the language selected in this way.

  There are various methods for determining one of the multiplexed menu data in various languages. First, the character information corresponding to the menu language information set in advance by the user or the playback device producer is selected. Alternatively, there is a method of reproducing the adult menu and the child menu separately by using the viewing level setting information of the parent level. When there is no menu language desired by the user, there is a method of reproducing and displaying a specific menu for the user based on the subtitle or the audio language. Then, there is a method of reproducing a menu corresponding to the value stored in the general register using the general purpose register.

  Table 1 represents the PSR.

表１を参照するに、前述した言語情報などがいろいろなＰＳＲに記録されることが分かる。例えば、メニュー言語情報はＰＳＲ １８番レジスタに記録されているが、初期にこのＰＳＲ １８番レジスタを読み取ってその値がハングル（ｋｏ）に該当すればＰＳＲ ０番レジスタを０に、英語（ｅｎ）であればＰＳＲ ０番レジスタを１に設定して、プレイリストをプレイする。ＰＳＲ ０番レジスタの値が０であるか１であるかによって、ハングルメニューストリームを再生するか英語メニューストリームを再生するかはあらかじめ設定されている。

Referring to Table 1, it can be seen that the language information described above is recorded in various PSRs. For example, the menu language information is recorded in the PSR 18 register, but when the PSR 18 register is read in the initial stage and the value corresponds to hangul (ko), the PSR 0 register is set to 0, and English (en) If so, the PSR 0 register is set to 1 and the play list is played. Depending on whether the value of the PSR 0 register is 0 or 1, whether to play the Korean menu stream or the English menu stream is preset.

  Referring to FIG. 4, it can be seen that the menu stream is composed of a shared stream such as audio and video, and a character information stream created in various languages. Character information streams created in various languages can be graphic data as well as text. FIG. 4 shows a case where such a character information stream is included in the menu stream.

  If one language is selected by the user or the playback device producer, the processor 420 transmits the selected language information to the decoder 430, and the decoder 430 selects and decodes one of a plurality of multiplexed menu streams. Turn into. At this time, the data format of the menu stream can have various formats such as text or graphics, but usually the graphics are often used.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for selecting one of the menu streams. Referring to FIG. 5, when a power source is applied or a program selects and plays a single menu stream according to a user command, one program stream is multiplexed with a movie stream during playback of the movie. A case where a menu stream is selected and played back is shown.

  The menu language register stores the ID of the menu stream. First, a menu stream ID in the same language as the menu language is stored in a predetermined register (S510). That is, the program searches the ID information of the menu stream corresponding to the language stored in the menu language register, and stores it in a predetermined register that stores the number of menu streams currently being reproduced. If the corresponding menu stream does not exist, 0 is stored as a default value.

  After storing the stream ID in the register, an instruction to play a movie clip is received (S520). At this time, the movie clip may be a menu configured using a movie or movie content itself. Then, before reproducing the movie clip, it is checked again whether the register value set by the program is a valid value (S530). The method of checking determines whether there is a value stored in the register among the number of menu streams multiplexed in the selected movie clip. If it exists, it is determined to be valid and the already stored value is maintained. If it does not exist, it is determined to be an invalid register value, and the default value is changed to 0 and stored. If there is a movie clip corresponding to the value stored in the register, it is decoded and reproduced (S540). If an instruction to select another language is received when the movie clip is played (S550), the process returns to the error checking step (S530).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the playback device when the menu stream is included in the movie stream. Referring to FIG. 6, it can be seen that a specific part of the movie stream includes a program prepared in advance by the content provider. At this time, the processor 620 executes the program and determines a menu stream using the program itself, the register value 610 stored in the playback device, user input, and the like. The menu stream selected in this way is reproduced by the decoder 630 together with other streams such as audio and video and character information corresponding to the selected language.

  The present invention can also be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. Computer readable recording media include all types of recording devices that can store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc., and carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). Including those embodied in form. The computer-readable recording medium can be distributed in a computer system connected to a network, and computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

  The present invention has been mainly described with reference to the preferred embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be embodied in variations that do not depart from the essential characteristics of the invention. Accordingly, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative, not a limiting sense. The scope of the present invention is shown not in the foregoing description but in the claims, and all differences within the equivalent scope should be construed as being included in the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the menu stream according to each language preserve | saved at the language unit of DVD. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a playback device that plays a menu stream created in a selected language by the DVD playback device selecting a language according to a preset system parameter. It is a figure which shows that the menu stream corresponding to the value preserve | saved in the register is reproduced | regenerated among the menu streams produced according to the language. It is a block diagram of the reproducing apparatus of a menu stream. 6 is a flowchart of a method for selecting one of menu streams. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus when a menu stream is contained in a movie stream.

Claims (24)

AV data,
Navigation data which is a set of navigation commands related to reproduction of the AV data;
An information recording medium for controlling reproduction of the AV data, including an interactive graphic stream whose language information is changed only by the navigation command and not changed by a user operation. The interactive graphic stream is
The information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium is a menu stream used for reproducing the AV data. In the multimedia data playback device,
A memory that records attribute information including language information of an interactive graphic stream that controls reproduction of the multimedia data;
A processor for loading and executing a program for selecting an interactive graphic stream created in the language according to the language information;
And a decoder for receiving and decoding the selected interactive graphic stream.   The playback apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the interactive graphic stream is a menu stream that is not changed by a user operation.   4. The playback apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the attribute information includes menu language information, audience rating information, subtitle language information, and audio language information.   The playback apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the program is included in the interactive graphic stream.   4. The playback apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the interactive graphic stream has character information for each language, and information not related to the language is shared with each other.   8. The playback apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the character information is stored in a text data or graphic data format. In a method of playing multimedia data,
Reading attribute information including language information of an interactive graphic stream for controlling reproduction of the multimedia data;
Loading and executing a program for selecting an interactive graphic stream created in the language according to the language information;
Receiving and decoding the selected interactive graphics stream.   The method according to claim 9, wherein the interactive graphic stream is a menu stream that is not changed by a user operation.   The multimedia data reproducing method according to claim 9, wherein the attribute information includes menu language information, audience rating information, subtitle language information, and audio language information.   10. The multimedia data reproducing method according to claim 9, wherein the interactive graphic stream has character information for each language and shares information unrelated to the language with other interactive graphic streams. In an information recording medium for recording multimedia data,
Multiple menu streams containing navigation data, each corresponding to a different language;
Shared AV data having navigation data for controlling reproduction of the shared AV data regardless of the menu stream language;
A plurality of interactive character information, each corresponding to a different language, and the navigation data of the character information controls the reproduction of the interactive character information based on the language of each corresponding menu stream An information recording medium comprising information.   14. The information recording medium according to claim 13, further comprising a program command for controlling which one of the plurality of menu streams is to be reproduced.   14. The information recording medium according to claim 13, wherein a storage space of the information recording medium is optimized by sharing the AV data among the plurality of menu streams.   The information recording medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of menu streams are multiplexed with each corresponding interactive character information. In an information recording medium reproducing apparatus for reproducing an information recording medium,
A system register that records language information;
A processor for selecting a menu stream based on the stored language information from the information recording medium;
A decoder for decoding the selected menu stream, the menu stream comprising: a decoder for controlling reproduction of non-language specific AV information and character information corresponding to the stored language information from the information recording medium; An information recording medium playback device comprising:   The processor selects a menu stream based on a menu language from the stored language information, and the processor executes a program command corresponding to the menu language for selecting a corresponding menu stream to be reproduced. An information recording medium reproducing apparatus according to claim 17. In a method for reproducing multimedia data from an information recording medium,
Reading menu language information from a player status register for the information recording medium;
Selecting a menu stream based on the read menu language information;
Executing the selected menu stream;
And reproducing the non-language specific AV data from the information recording medium together with the selected menu stream. Receiving a language selection command while playing the non-language specific AV data and the selected menu stream;
20. The playback method according to claim 19, further comprising: changing the selected menu stream to another language menu stream based on the received language selection command.   The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of comparing the read menu language information with language identification information of the selected menu stream to check for errors. In a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a method for reproducing multimedia data from an information recording medium is recorded, the method includes:
Reading attribute information including language information of an interactive graphic stream for controlling reproduction of the multimedia data;
Loading and executing a program for selecting an interactive graphic stream written in the language of the language information according to the language information;
Receiving and decoding the selected interactive graphics stream. A computer readable recording medium comprising: In a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a method for reproducing multimedia data from an information recording medium is recorded, the method includes:
Reading menu language information from a player status register for the information recording medium;
Selecting a menu stream based on the read menu language information;
Executing the selected menu stream;
Replaying non-language specific AV data from the information recording medium together with the selected menu stream. In a method for recording multimedia data on an information recording medium,
Multiplexing a menu stream including a plurality of character information corresponding to different languages and shared data common to each of the different languages;
Storing the multiplexed menu stream on the information recording medium in an efficient manner that does not cause the shared data to be stored redundantly.

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